breakfast

Meanings

Noun

the first meal of the day (usually in the morning)
The first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning.
A meal consisting of food normally eaten in the morning, which may typically include eggs, sausages, toast, bacon, etc.
The celebratory meal served after a wedding (and occasionally after other solemnities e.g. a funeral).
A meal eaten after a period of (now often religious) fasting.

Verb

eat an early morning meal
- "We breakfast at seven"
provide breakfast for
To eat the morning meal.
To serve breakfast to.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English brekefast, brekefaste, equivalent to break + fast (literally, "to end the nightly fast"), likely a variant of Old English fæstenbryċe, (literally, "fast-breach"). Cognate with Dutch breekvasten (“breakfast”).

Synonyms

break one's fast

Scrabble Score: 18

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Words With Friends Score: 19

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